Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 霊れい を 慰なぐさ める to comfort/console the spirit of someone (deceased)
A ceremony was held to comfort the spirits of the fallen soldiers.
霊れい が 出で る for a spirit/ghost to appear
There are rumors that a spirit appears in this old mansion.
霊れい に 取と り 憑つ かれる to be possessed by a spirit
Feeling that he was possessed by a spirit, he underwent an exorcism.
霊れい を 祀まつ る to enshrine/venerate a spirit
The shrine enshrines the spirits of the ancestors.
Expressions 霊れい と 肉にく flesh and spirit; body and soul Related words 魂 is the soul or life force of a living being, while 霊 typically refers to a spirit after death or a supernatural presence.
幽霊 means a visible ghost or apparition, whereas 霊 is the broader, more abstract term for spirit or soul.
精霊 refers to a nature spirit or elemental being tied to a place or object, while 霊 more generally denotes any soul or spirit, especially of the deceased.
霊 is a broad term for spirit or soul in general, while 精霊 specifically means the spirit of a deceased person in Buddhist Obon rites.
霊 is a broad term for any spirit or soul, not necessarily of the dead, while 亡霊 specifically denotes the spirit of a deceased person.
Word family· 94 ghost; apparition; phantom
spirit; soul; psyche · ghost; spirit; ethereal being
departed spirit; soul of the dead · ghost; apparition
consoling the spirits of the dead; memorial service for the dead
the Holy Spirit; the Holy Ghost
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crown of creation; apex; the best
spirit medium
soul; spirit
sacred ground; holy site
cemetery; memorial park
spirit world; spiritual realm
divine spirit; god · spirit of the dead; soul
spiritual power
revelatory dream; vision
mausoleum; shrine for a spirit
division of a shrine's deity; divided spirit
hearse
mysterious presence; aura of mystery
sacred mountain; holy peak
sacred beast; holy animal
sacred mountain
miraculous medicine; miracle drug; wonder drug
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
shrine; mausoleum
summoning spirits; spirit evocation · communing with spirits; spiritualism
morgue; mortuary
miraculous god; wonder-working god
spirit of the war dead; soul of a fallen soldier · person of outstanding talent; genius
one's whole soul; all one's heart and soul
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Etymology The kanji 霊 is composed of 雨 (rain) and 巫 (shaman), originally referring to spiritual or divine phenomena. The reading れい is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.
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